We can hardly regard as diabetes a glycosuria which so far as we know is only temporary, and not accompanied by excessive thirst or polyuria; but on the other hand, we cannot say, because sugar appears in the urine for the first time whilst the patient is under our observation, that it is only temporary diabetes, for the glycosuria may really have only been temporarily absent. In such a case if...

Polyuria-polydipsia syndrome (PPS) compared three-pathologies: nephrogenic or central diabetes insipidus and primary polydipsia. The initial approach considers different causes, it requires a complete evaluation of the fluid-status support by physician. diagnosis must exclude frequent abnormalities. Clinical case: A 57-year-old male during his hospitalization documents polydipsia polyuria with ...

Q1: What are the possible causes of thirst and polyuria in this woman? The two likely causes of thirst and polyuria in this patient are central diabetes insipidus secondary to previous pituitary surgery and hypercalcaemia. In our patient, a normal water deprivation test excluded central diabetes insipidus. Cranial surgery accounts for 20% cases of central diabetes insipidus in adults. After pit...

Central diabetes insipidus (CDI) is characterized clinically by the presence of polyuria with the subsequent development of volume depletion and hypernatremia. In patients with dialysisdependent end-stage renal disease (ESRD), neither of these findings can be expressed due to the absence of renal function. A 59-year-old woman with anuric ESRD of unknown etiology had been on peritoneal dialysis ...

BACKGROUND Pheochromocytomas are catecholamine producing tumors that classically present with the triad of sweating, palpitations and headache. CASE CHARACTERISTICS 9-year-old boy whose only presenting complaints were polyuria and polydipsia for 2 years. OBSERVATION Routine measurement of blood pressure detected mild hypertension, and subsequent investigations revealed bilateral pheochromoc...

Q1: What are the possible causes of thirst and polyuria in this woman? The two likely causes of thirst and polyuria in this patient are central diabetes insipidus secondary to previous pituitary surgery and hypercalcaemia. In our patient, a normal water deprivation test excluded central diabetes insipidus. Cranial surgery accounts for 20% cases of central diabetes insipidus in adults. After pit...